Shatapatha Brahmana 3.5.1.35
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.5.1.35
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- Sanskrit
3.5.1.35
tāmadbhirabhyukṣati | sā yadevādaḥ siṃhī bhūtvāśāntevācaracāntirāpastāmadbhiḥ śamayati yoṣā vā uttaravedistāmevaitaddevebhyo hinvati tasmādadbhirabhyukṣati
He sprinkles it with water: inasmuch as, on that occasion, she became a lioness and roamed about unappeased--water being (a means of) appeasement--he appeases her with water. And, the high altar being a woman, he thereby fits her for the gods: this is why he sprinkles it with water.
Translations (1)
- The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) — Julius Eggeling 1882, English
Commentaries (1)
- Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit